Psalms 29 · Verse 10

Psalms 29:10

The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
Psalms 29:10, King James Version

Psalms 29:10 in other translations

BSBThe LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
WEBThe LORD sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, the LORD sits as King forever.
ASVJehovah sat as King at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.
YLTJehovah on the deluge hath sat, And Jehovah sitteth king--to the age,
DARBYJehovah sitteth upon the flood; yea, Jehovah sitteth as king for ever.
BBEThe Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever.
WebsterThe LORD sitteth upon the flood; yes, the LORD sitteth king for ever.

What does Psalms 29:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 29:10-11
10-11. Over this terrible raging of the elements God is enthroned, directing and restraining by sovereign power; and hence the comfort of His people. "This awful God is ours, our Father and our Love."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 The Lord sitteth upon the flood - יהוה למבול ישב Jehovah lammabbul yasheb, "Jehovah sat upon the deluge." It was Jehovah that commanded those waters to be upon the earth. He directed the storm; and is here represented, after all the confusion and tempest, as sitting on the floods, appeasing the fury of the jarring elements; and reducing all things, by his governing influence, to regularity and order. Sitteth king for ever - He governs universal nature; whatsoever he wills he does, in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, and in all deep places. Every phenomenon is under his government and control. There is something very like this in Virgil's description of Neptune appeasing the storm raised by Juno for the destruction of the fleet of Aeneas. See at the end of this Psalm.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 29:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
לַמַּבּ֣וּלla.ma.Bulto the floodH3999
יָשָׁ֑בya.Shavhe satH3427
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he satH3427
יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhkingH4428
לְעוֹלָֽם\׃le.'o.Lamfor everH5769

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 29:10

  • 1 Timothy 1:17

    Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Genesis 6:17

    And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

  • Psalms 10:16

    The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

  • Mark 4:41

    And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

  • Job 38:8-11

    Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

  • Genesis 8:1-2

    And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

  • Matthew 6:13

    And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

  • Psalms 2:6-9

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

  • Psalms 65:7

    Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

  • Psalms 99:1

    The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.

  • Job 38:25

    Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

  • Psalms 29:3

    The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sitteth.
3; 65:7; 104:6-9; Ge 6:17; 8:1,2; Job 38:8-11,25; Mr 4:41
King.
2:6-9; 10:16; 93:1; 99:1; Da 2:44; Mt 6:13; 1Ti 1:17

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Context

  • Psalms 29:9

    The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

  • Psalms 29:10

    The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.

  • Psalms 29:11

    The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

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Psalms 29:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Jehová preside en el diluvio, y asentóse Jehová por rey para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’ Éternel s’assied sur les flots, l’ Éternel s’assied comme roi à toujours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova thront auf der Wasserflut, und Jehova thront als König ewiglich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quæ utilitas in sanguine meo, dum descendo in corruptionem? numquid confitebitur tibi pulvis, aut annuntiabit veritatem tuam?